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Subject: Re: diff regression
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On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> wro=
te:
> OK, this really sucks. diff has lost the -P option, that I've been
> relying on. Compare:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Ddiff&manpath=3DFreeBSD+6.0-REL=
EASE
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Ddiff&manpath=3DFreeBSD+7.1-REL=
EASE
>
> It used to say:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 -P =A0 =A0 When comparing directories, if a file appears only=
 in the second
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0directory of the two, treat it =A0as =A0presen=
t =A0but =A0empty =A0in =A0the
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0other.
>
> Now it's gone. Regression?
>
>>

It looks like the -P option was removed from diff between FreeBSD
6.2-Release and FreeBSD 6.3-Release (diffutils 2.8.7).

You can use --unidirectional-new-file instead.

Scot